The best restaurants serving British food in East of England

Lunch was horrendously expensive £14.00 for a Shepherds pie which turned out to be not only bland and tasteless but also cold. On complaining to a member of staff I was told that I was being unreasonable! A frozen shepherds pie from the freezer section in adjoining Tesco would have been warmer. Totally unrealistic and rip off. I have been very happy with service and prices in the past but not today! Could not recommend, very poor.

visited this cafe recently for a late lunch. ordered an eggs filled roll. the bread tasted stale. it was dry and chewy. it was replaced by staff. as it was later than usual lunch time and egg rolls sold out it was replaced with a tuna filled one. the filling was fine but this bread was also dry and chewy. it was revealed, by a staff member that the rolls are frozen, then defrosted in a microwave . i was shocked! the very basic requirement of a cafe is surely fresh bread

Comfortable surroundings, friendly and helpful staff, quick service, nice beer, and food was excellent in quality and quantity, and great choices on the menu. Perhaps some of the less flattering reviews were from visits at busier times, I'll admit they were not exceedingly busy when we were there.

I've been using this Spoons regularly for a few years now. Until Covid the quality of the real ales served here was decent. However, over the last few years it's been increasingly difficult to get a decent pint here. All the real ales served here are nearly always cloudy and flat. I doubt there's a member of staff who knows the first thing about the storage or the serving of proper beer. In future I'm going to give this place the miss and head for the White Horse instead.

As expected from a weatherspoons service was quick - reasonable priced - food was good - pub was busy but no problem getting a table

Staff not great, on arrival said hello and that was it, no ‘how can I help’ etc. nothing. Restaurant full so they said we could eat in bar, no problem. Well not until we found a table that was empty, not clean, tables everywhere laden with remnants of diners past, plates, glasses, menus. Very poor. Downhill from there. Obviously a family dining (I use that word losely), albeit their spawn were not dining but running riot everywhere, shouting, screaming, it was like a crèche, parents not doing anything to keep control. Awful experience, didn’t wait to order, left as the noise was unbelievable. I didn’t expect 5 star dining but I did expect some degree of decorum from the clientele, and some sort of setting of standards from staff. Maybe they were all that young they didn’t feel it appropriate to ask diners to control their offspring?

Food overpriced.Had to wait at least half HR.Service slow and to top it all the card machine didn't work..Avoid at all Costs

Dreadful cakes dreadful atmosphere! Ordered 3 cakes and 3 teas, Victoria sponge was dry and all the filling had seeped into the sponge! Looked like it had been sitting on the counter for weeks. We asked to swap and exchanged for Biscotti Cheesecake, honesty not much better, very artificial, not fresh or home made, after eating my daughter had stomach cramps and then an upset stomach! The Bakewell was dry and tasteless, not good at all ! Asked for 3 teas, gave enough for 2.5 teas so had to go back for water top up and needless to say 1 weak tea as watered down! An awful venue, how hard is it to provide fresh cakes, 3 full teas!!!! Don’t waste your time or your hard earned money!!!!

Spent 2 hours at the bar. Had the most delicious sides. The bar staff were very welcoming , professional and friendly. Harvester have clearly invested in their new menu. Real quality in these sides.

A small place selling fast food. We ate in before going to the cinema. Food was nicely cooked and service was quick and polite . For the price the value was above expectations. I expect it can get busy due to its excellent location so if queues annoy you then avoid and go somewhere else. I like this place.

Hemos utilizado el Sunflower Café en numerosas ocasiones en el pasado y especialmente disfrutamos del almuerzo del domingo. En nuestro último par de visitas hemos notado que las porciones se han vuelto mucho más pequeñas y ya no es una relación calidad-precio en nuestra opinión.

Very average food not great won’t go again. Curry was nice. Burgers tasteless and no salad just chips. Tiramisu - good choux bun with tasteless gloopy grey custard. Awful. Expensive and more than my weeks shop for mostly bland food. Serving staff pleasant if a little slow. Nice view.

Had Fish and Chips for lunch , was really disappointed the meal was cooked ok but I have never had such a small portion of fish in my life . My son in law said I have seen more fish in a fish finger and he was right . I was hungury and eat the meal hoping that should the waiter enquire if everything was ok I could show him my concern . He never showed up , when he came to collect the plate I told him I never complain but in this case was very disappointed with the fish portion size . He said he would tell the kitchen staff and that was that we left . Just a warning avoid food at this pub .

I booked my wife’s 60th birthday party here, two months before they cancelled all bookings and keep all the deposits. Please do NOT book this place they ruined birthday party’s and weddings

It is a nice spot in a great shop- but--there was an offer on bacon sandwiches coming to an end ( notified eligible customers by email). So half of Norfolk turned up. No bacon/ no bread. not very clever.